Chickenpox all over dd 2.5y genitals - help please

Can anyone help - my youngest who is 2 and a half has chickenpox all over but has loads and loads of spots around and in her bottom and vagina which are driving her mad. We've triedCalpol - brings temp down but nothing elsePiriton - nothingBicarb and oats in bath - help while she's in there but not once she's outAqueous calamine cream - not sure whether it helps or not but she hates having it put on and says it hurtsI'm desperate for any suggestions that might relieve the pain/itching for her she keeps crying and telling me it hurts and I just can't do anything, it's so upsetting. She only slept a couple of hours last night as it was so sore, the rest of the night we carried her around or she was in the bath!Any suggestions would be really welcomevery much inneedofcake!

My dd has just come down with chicken pox for the second time. Apparently that's possible, which is rubbish because she's much more itchy this time round. Thanks for all the suggestions. I hope she has a comfier night tonight, now.

Apoarently you shouldn't give them aspirin either - which I don't remember reading about last time. Does anyone know if that's new advice? Saw it on here:

I really feel for you as my DD at the same age was covered in that area. We used calamine cream which we kept in the fridge and applied it really liberally. For my dd the virasoothe was a waste of time. We also gave lots of bicarbonate and ground oats baths. Hope it clears soon.

Pox clin mousse worked here - ds had terible CP all over his genitals and was driven insane by it. Nappy off at night, bed mat on bed, no PJ bottoms all helped - lets air circulate and stops them getting too hot which makes the itching worse. Hardly any of ds's spots on his boy bits burst and scabbed - they just vanished after a few days, so hope the same happens for your dd. Good luck. x

DS got it badly on his bum when he had it at 10 months, it helped him when I put his nappies in the fridge to cool down. If your DD is out of nappies perhaps something like a maternity pad or sanitary towel or slightly damp rolled up flannel that has been cooled in the same way might help.

Right, can't find the paper insert thing, but have checked the box which states:

"It can be used all over the face and body." It also says on the box that it can be applied two to three times daily or whenever relief is needed. So it seems fairly mild in composition if they're happy for you to apply 'when needed', IYKWIM ?

I do hope it helps her, thank goodness chicken pox is of a fairly short duration - there's only so many porridge baths I can run in the space of a day!

Well, we have been using it on those areas with no problems...I'm pretty sure I read the instructions carefully before applying it (but can't be certain) - I'll go and have a quick look now at them for you.

We were alternating with sudocrem on her bum, but I really feel the virasoothe is better, she seems much happier once it's on.

StantonLacy thanks, i've just located some virasoothe in a chemist a few miles away so off to get it! Sorry for the details but do you know if you can use it around bottom/vagina or is it just for rest of body?

You're not alone - chicken pox is doing the rounds by us at the minute and my DD is in just the same sorry state as yours...poor things, it must be dreadful.

We've been using virasoothe (from boots), a gel especially for chickenpox. I must say I think it's brilliant. She visibly relaxes when I put it on her spots (she is COVERED) and asks me to put it on when they start itching again. Worked a treat on DS too, earlier in the year. Nice and cooling to put on (bit pricey though, about £8 I think)

Having said all that, it didn't help her to sleep for more than forty minutes at a time last night, so it's no miracle cure!

Thanks so much everyone, will try and get hold of some of those suggestions this afternoon and the dvds on the laptop suggestion is inspired!! Poor thing is still sleeping now after 1 hour, she flaked out on the sofa after 36 hours with only 4 hours sleep! I'm preparing myself for another rough night in the bathroom!!Thanks again, helps to know that it's not just me and great to have some practical advice that people have actually used xxx

DD 2.7 also had them on her genitals (came out in spots on new years day!)

We used eurax ( I think it said for over 3 but I wasn't going to debate a couple of months!) combined with priton, we used aqueous/ calamine for dd2 when she got spotty just before christmas, but gave up and used the eurax instead.

E45 itch relief cream has a mild anaesthetic on it and does exactly what it says on the tin (well tube). I'm using it on my almost two year old and seems to be helping. Poxcilin (sp) has been recommended on here although I haven't tried it as my local Tesco didn't have it stocked but might be worth a try (I gather it's a bit costly though).

My dd had it just like that at the same age, tbh we just let her be in bicarb baths practically all the time, made her comfy with an inflatable cushion and towels then just sat and watched dvds on the lap top with her, it was the only place she didn't cry.

I've had the same thing this week with DD (age 5) and I've been using Sudocrem 'down there' which seems to be helping. I also gave her Phenergan (a sedating antihistamine) at night twice as this gave her some much needed sleep. You can get it over the counter but they will quiz you before they sell it! I've been using Poxclin on the rest of her which seems to habe really helped with the spots and itching. and is much easier to apply and less messy than calamine. Good luck

My DD was like this when she had it at that age - the only thing that helped was the warm bicarb baths. She had several a day and stayed in them until I was worried she was getting cold. It is soo hard to deal with. Keep an eye on the spots to make sure they don't get infected. The worst is over once the spots reach their peak after three of four days if that helps